US7144010B2 - Card game with predetermined hands in a fortune cookie - Google Patents

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US7144010B2
US7144010B2 US09/888,145 US88814501A US7144010B2 US 7144010 B2 US7144010 B2 US 7144010B2 US 88814501 A US88814501 A US 88814501A US 7144010 B2 US7144010 B2 US 7144010B2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • A63F2250/02—Miscellaneous game characteristics having an effect on the human senses
    • A63F2250/022—Miscellaneous game characteristics having an effect on the human senses with edible parts

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  • the present invention relates generally to card games, and more particularly to card games having predetermined hands of cards embedded in fortune cookies.
  • the present invention is a novelty item to be used in a game involving fortune cookies and the like.
  • the game includes at least one strip of paper having one hand unit of cards. Each hand unit displays one or more cards thereon, with each card having exactly one suit and denomination.
  • a strip of paper is embedded into a fortune cookie in the conventional manner that traditional fortunes are currently embedded into fortune cookies.
  • the fortune cookies are broken open and the hand units of the strips of paper are compared to determined a winner based on traditional card game rules. Some examples include poker or high/low (i.e., who has the highest card).
  • the strip of paper may have a perforated line located between adjacent cards to allow each individual card to be selectively separated and discarded.
  • the ability to discard cards allows the present invention to accommodate many different types of card games.
  • the number of cards in a hand may vary to accommodate many different types of game rules.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fortune cookie with dotted lines indicating the embedded position of the strip of paper.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a fortune cookie containing a strip of paper that has been opened.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the strip of paper with perforated lines in between every two adjacent cards, and the left most card already separated from the strip of paper.
  • FIG. 1 a drawing of a strip of paper 12 embedded in a fortune cookie 10 .
  • the strip of paper 12 is embedded into the fortune cookie in the conventional manner that traditional fortunes are currently embedded into fortune cookies under the existing art.
  • the fortune cookie 10 may contain one or more strips of paper 12 .
  • the fortune cookie 10 is opened in any conventional manner that traditional fortune cookies are opened in the existing art.
  • FIG. 2 Illustrated in FIG. 2 is a drawing of a fortune cookie 10 that has been opened.
  • the strip of paper 12 is separable from the fortune cookie 10 upon the opening of the fortune cookie 10 . Removal of the strip of paper 12 from the fortune cookie 10 reveals that each individual card 18 bears the indicia of one denomination 16 and one suit 14 .
  • the indicia is printed on the strips of paper 12 by any suitable method.
  • the strip of paper 12 could contain as few as one card, or the strip of paper 12 could contain virtually as many cards as required to play a particular card game.
  • the size of the strip of paper 12 , the size of the indicia of denomination 16 , and the size of the indicia of suit 14 could each be adjusted to incorporate a greater or lesser number of cards.
  • line 20 between every two adjacent cards is line 20 dividing the two adjacent cards.
  • the line 20 is perforated to allow the selective separation and removal of individual cards 18 from the strip of paper 12 .
  • it strip of paper 12 contained a seven card poker hand, line 20 would permit selective discard of two cards.
  • the left most card 22 on the strip of paper 12 has been removed from the strip of paper 12 .
  • the remaining cards 16 are subject to removal from the strip of paper 12 by the traditional means in the prior art in which perforated edges are separated.
  • a group of people having at least two people therein are provided with a fortune cookie 10 .
  • Each person breaks open the fortune cookie 10 to reveal at least one strip of paper 12 having a pre-printed poker hand.
  • the respective strips of paper 12 of each person are compared against one another to determine a winner. If the meal is played at a resterant, the winner's meal is paid for by the other players.
  • each individual selectively removes individual cards 22 to play a card game.

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US20070077330A1 (en) * 2005-09-14 2007-04-05 Factor Jonathan Chinese Fortune Cookie Made of Chewing-Gum
US20140273710A1 (en) * 2013-03-14 2014-09-18 Bailey L. Heit Toy Fortune Cookie Encasing a Screen Cleaner on Which an Image Appears Upon Rubbing a Screen
EP2932853A1 (fr) 2014-04-15 2015-10-21 Jürgen Basler Produit de boulangerie comprenant un substrat comestible sur lequel est appliquée au moins une couleur comestible
USD831928S1 (en) * 2017-05-08 2018-10-30 Olé Marketing Group LTD Fortune cookie
USD899940S1 (en) * 2019-05-28 2020-10-27 Wowwee Group Ltd. Fortune cookie shaped container

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US20060283747A1 (en) * 2005-06-07 2006-12-21 Gloria Lam Family Partnership, Llc Condiment package with advertising for others
EP1742458A1 (fr) 2005-06-13 2007-01-10 Thomson Licensing Dispositif et procédé de traitement de signaux numériques pour les valeurs de pixels d'image numérique
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US3768813A (en) * 1971-12-13 1973-10-30 W Reynolds Card game with predetermined hands
US3770278A (en) * 1972-06-02 1973-11-06 I Mueller Cookie game
US3863362A (en) 1972-11-17 1975-02-04 Henri Marie Leon Borianne Bridge playing devices
US4775154A (en) 1987-07-22 1988-10-04 Lustour Corporation Promotional game
USD436391S1 (en) * 2000-02-04 2001-01-16 Tiger Electronics, Ltd. Electronic fortune cookie

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US2254545A (en) * 1938-08-01 1941-09-02 Henry T Roberts Match book
US3768813A (en) * 1971-12-13 1973-10-30 W Reynolds Card game with predetermined hands
US3770278A (en) * 1972-06-02 1973-11-06 I Mueller Cookie game
US3863362A (en) 1972-11-17 1975-02-04 Henri Marie Leon Borianne Bridge playing devices
US4775154A (en) 1987-07-22 1988-10-04 Lustour Corporation Promotional game
USD436391S1 (en) * 2000-02-04 2001-01-16 Tiger Electronics, Ltd. Electronic fortune cookie

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20070077330A1 (en) * 2005-09-14 2007-04-05 Factor Jonathan Chinese Fortune Cookie Made of Chewing-Gum
US20140273710A1 (en) * 2013-03-14 2014-09-18 Bailey L. Heit Toy Fortune Cookie Encasing a Screen Cleaner on Which an Image Appears Upon Rubbing a Screen
EP2932853A1 (fr) 2014-04-15 2015-10-21 Jürgen Basler Produit de boulangerie comprenant un substrat comestible sur lequel est appliquée au moins une couleur comestible
USD831928S1 (en) * 2017-05-08 2018-10-30 Olé Marketing Group LTD Fortune cookie
USD899940S1 (en) * 2019-05-28 2020-10-27 Wowwee Group Ltd. Fortune cookie shaped container

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